A marvel in masonry shows the art of the possible
Martin Puryear’s monumental sculpture “Lookout” has turned heads with its novel brick design. Here’s how MIT helped him build it.
School of Engineering third quarter 2023 awards
Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence.
Smart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”
Placing solutions in the cloud but learning with boots on the ground, GEAR Lab researchers build low-cost, solar-powered irrigation tools to make precision agriculture more accessible.
Four from MIT awarded National Medals of Technology, Science
James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson, and David Huang are recognized for their technique to rapidly detect diseases of the eye; Subra Suresh is honored for his commitment to research and collaboration across borders.
Bringing the environment to the forefront of engineering
Desirée Plata is on a lifelong mission to make sustainability a bigger factor in design decisions.
Learning how to learn
In a new book, Richard “Dick” Larson draws on a lifelong commitment to STEM education at MIT to offer accessible advice on solving everyday problems and making smarter decisions.
3 Questions: What should scientists and the public know about nuclear waste?
Professor Haruko Wainwright describes a new effort to communicate information about managing and disposing of spent fuel from nuclear reactors.
Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu Wins A.SK Social Science Award
The award honors research on public policy with a focus on economic and governmental reforms.
Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration
The MIT professor reflects on five decades of impactful work in aerospace engineering and education, at the Institute and beyond.
Ariel Furst and Fan Wang receive 2023 National Institutes of Health awards
The awards support creative, innovative research with a broad impact.
Jesse Kroll recognized for excellence in postdoctoral mentoring
Atmospheric chemist praised for his inclusive and supportive advising of postdocs.
Retraining the brain for better vision
Professor Mark Bear's research on brain plasticity spins off a promising candidate to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye.
Organizing “spaghetti” software so it can be easily modified
The MIT spinout Silverthread helps companies transform complex codebases into modular systems that can be changed or updated without headaches.
Nathaniel Hendren wants to understand the conditions of opportunity
The MIT professor of economics studies social mobility and examines which policies can give people a chance to thrive.
With Psyche, a journey to an ancient asteroid is set to begin
The NASA mission, a project with deep roots at MIT, is setting course for a metallic space rock that could be the remnant of a planetary core like our own.